BUDGETARY PROCEDURES: Provides relative to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval of capital outlay change orders (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 347 amends Louisiana law to set specific approval requirements for change orders on state capital projects funded through the Capital Outlay Act. It requires the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to approve change orders exceeding $100,250 per month for a project, while change orders between $50,000 and $100,250 must be reviewed by the committee but do not require approval. All change orders also need approval from the commissioner of administration. This bill directly affects state agencies managing capital construction or equipment projects, adding clear financial thresholds for legislative oversight of project cost changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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This bill updates the financial thresholds for capital project change orders in Louisiana. It raises the dollar amount requiring Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval from $100,000 to $250,000 and adjusts the review threshold from $50,000 to $250,000, allowing larger project modifications to proceed without immediate legislative oversight.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of allowable change orders that can be executed without requiring specific approval from the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget by increasing the monetary thresholds.
REQUIREMENT
Increased the capital outlay change order threshold requiring Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approval from $100,000 to $250,000 per month.
Raised the threshold for change orders requiring Joint Legislative Committee review from $50,000 to $250,000.
TECHNICAL
Updated bill metadata to reflect the enrolled status and Act number 183 for the 2025 Regular Session.
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House Apr 28, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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